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One Health and Parasites

One Health and Parasites

Said Sajjad Ali Shah, Adnan Khan
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781522563044|ISBN10: 1522563040|EISBN13: 9781522563051
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6304-4.ch004
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Shah, Said Sajjad Ali, and Adnan Khan. "One Health and Parasites." Global Applications of One Health Practice and Care, edited by Sandul Yasobant and Deepak Saxena, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 82-112. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6304-4.ch004

APA

Shah, S. S. & Khan, A. (2019). One Health and Parasites. In S. Yasobant & D. Saxena (Eds.), Global Applications of One Health Practice and Care (pp. 82-112). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6304-4.ch004

Chicago

Shah, Said Sajjad Ali, and Adnan Khan. "One Health and Parasites." In Global Applications of One Health Practice and Care, edited by Sandul Yasobant and Deepak Saxena, 82-112. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6304-4.ch004

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Abstract

One health is a collective term used to address human and animal health issues under one platform. More than half of the diseases of humans are directly or indirectly related to animal health and spread from animals to humans or vice versa. Etiological agents of zoonotic diseases may be bacterial, viral, or parasitic in origin. Among them, parasitic agents are very important because they are either directly involved as etiological agents or as vectors of other pathogenic organisms. Parasitic zoonoses are transmitted to humans through vectors, food, or drinking water, and thus categorized as vector borne, food borne, and water borne parasitic zoonoses. Food borne and water borne parasitic zoonoses include all those parasitic diseases which are transmitted to humans by consuming contaminated food and water. An extensive alliance is necessary amongst physicians, veterinarians, and public health workers for timely response and approach to guarantee the prevention and management of infections.

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